Say what? The White House changed its tune following backlash over President Biden responding “no comment” earlier this month to a question about the deadly wildfires on Maui. Deputy White House pr…
Deputy White House press secretary Olivia Dalton told The New York Times Thursday that Biden, 80, “didn’t hear the question” while stepping into a vehicle during his family vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Aug. 13.
The Times did not clarify to what question the president believed he was responding, nor did Dalton explain why Biden did not simply indicate he hadn’t heard the reporter’s question as opposed to making the blanket “no comment” response.and left 850 missing, according to Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen.
Critics called on Biden to issue a response in the following days, but he declined to publicly comment when first asked.on the disaster during a trip to Milwaukee, Wis., though he neglected to mention the island by name. Several Republican presidential candidates slammed Biden appearing blasé about the disaster while enjoying the sand and sun in his home state of Delaware.
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